Symposium Honouring Scientific Achievements of David Hill

10 Sep 2018

One-day Symposium - DJTH-80 - 10th December 2018

David Hill is widely-acknowledged as one of the most influental Australian polymer scientists of the past five decades, having made important contributions in the fields of polymer degradation, the chemistry of copolymerization and biomedical polymers. He remains scientifically active and is an inspiration to young polymer scientists across Australia. In honour of his scientific achievements, and to mark his 80th birthday, a one day symposium will be held with the AIBN, The University of Queensland St Lucia Campus on 10th December, 2018.

Dave's life in science has witnessed enormous advances in the field of polymer chemistry and engineering, and his pioneering work especially in copolymerization kinetics has contributed to these advances. The one-day symposium, "DJTH-80", will highlight many of these advances and Dave's contribution in these areas.

Symposium Program, AIBN, UQ, Building 75, Level 1 Seminar Room

9:00 Welcome by Prof Andrew Whittaker

9:10 Prof Graeme George, Queensland University of Technology

9:40 Prof David Lewis, Flinders University

10:00 Prof Bill Kitching, The University of Queensland

10:20 Morning Tea

10:40 Dr Mitchell Killeen, LyondellBasell

11:00 A/Prof John Forsythe, Monash University

11:20 A/Prof Firas Rasoul, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

11:40 Reflections Session 1

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Prof San Thang, Monash University

13:20 A/Prof Bronwyn Laycock, The University of Queensland

13:40 Prof Martina Stenzel, University of New South Wales

14:00 A/Prof Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

14:20 Afternoon Tea

14:40 Prof Anita Hill, CSIRO

15:00 Dr David Wang, The University of Sydney

15:20 Dr Mat Celina, Sandia National Laboratories

15:40 A/Prof Lisbeth Grondahl, The University of Queensland

16:00 Prof Tom Davis, Monash University

16:30 Reflections Session 2

16:50 Dave Hill

17:00 Closing remarks

18:30 Dinner at St Lucia Golf Club

To register your attendance at the symposium please email Dr Hui Peng. There is no cost for attending the days events which are fully catered, however numbers are limited.

The symposium dinner will be held on the evening of the 10th December starting from 6-6:30 pm. The cost is partially supported by the conference so a small cost of $35 per attendee will be charge to attendees. Pleaseregister to attend and pay by 23rd November.

We would like thank the generous sponsors of DJTH-80.

Polymer Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland